to Screen Across the Country Exclusively in Regal Entertainment Group Cinemas

Culver
City, CA, October 25, 2012 – HOTEL TRANSYLVANIA – the record-setting 3D
computer-animated monster comedy from Sony Pictures Animation that
ranked as the biggest September opening in movie history and the best
opening ever for the studio – is releasing a new animated short as a
special Halloween treat.

Beginning
October 26, all digital showings of HOTEL TRANSYLVANIA in Regal
Entertainment Group Cinemas around the country will be preceded with a
new traditionally animated short directed by the film’s director,
13-time Emmy nominee (and three-time Emmy winner) Genndy Tartakovsky (Dexter’s Laboratory, Samurai Jack, Star Wars: Clone Wars), who also animated every key frame of the new short.

Entitled
“Goodnight, Mr. Foot,” the short stars none other than the legendary
monster Bigfoot, and follows his adventure as he, too, checks in to
Dracula’s five-stake resort in search of a little R-and-R, only to find
himself faced with an enthusiastic witch-maid, eager to make Mr. Foot’s
stay a memorable one.

Genndy Tartakovsky commented, "After we finished HOTEL TRANSYLVANIA I got an
itch to animate! Taking inspiration from my favorite directors Bob
Clampett, Tex Avery, and Chuck Jones I animated a short cartoon in the
traditional 2D style. It was difficult and exhilarating all at once and I
hope people will enjoy it as much as I enjoyed making it."

To
commemorate the debut of the animated short, an exclusive new
collectible one-sheet—designed by Tartakovsky himself—will also be given
away at all showings of HOTEL TRANSYLVANIA in Carmike Cinemas
nationwide from October 26 (while supplies last).

HOTEL
TRANSYLVANIA fans surfing the internet might just keep any eye out (not
literally!) for a specially-created promo video popping up some time
around October 31 (date TBD).

The
new traditionally animated short film, exclusive poster and online
video make a new (or return!) visit to HOTEL TRANSYLVANIA which critics
called “a treat for the kids as Halloween draws near” (Chris Knight, NATIONAL POST), as well as the perfect family outing for Halloween 2012—“a total scream for boys and ghouls of all ages” (Jeff Craig, SIXTY SECOND PREVIEW)!

The
feature film debut of Genndy Tartakovsky, Sony Pictures Animation’s
HOTEL TRANSVYLVANIA proved to be the biggest September opening for a
film in U.S. history, and went on to open #1 in many territories around
the world, including Argentina, Brazil, Bulgaria, Colombia, Ecuador,
Malaysia Mexico, Peru, Philippines, Romania, Russia, Slovenia, South
Africa, and Sweden.

Welcome
to the HOTEL TRANSYLVANIA, where monsters and their families can live
it up, free to be the monsters they are without humans to bother them.
On one special weekend, Dracula has invited some of the world’s most
famous monsters — Frankenstein and his wife, the Mummy, the Invisible
Man, a family of werewolves, and more — to celebrate his daughter Mavis’
118th birthday. For Drac, catering to these infamous friends is no
problem — but his world could come crashing down when a human stumbles
on the hotel for the first time and befriends Mavis.